Olympiaki Akti

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Olympiaki Akti
Ολυμπιακή Ακτή
Olympiaki Akti is located in Greece
Olympiaki Akti
Olympiaki Akti
Coordinates: 40°16′N 22°35′E / 40.267°N 22.583°E / 40.267; 22.583Coordinates: 40°16′N 22°35′E / 40.267°N 22.583°E / 40.267; 22.583
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitPieria
MunicipalityKaterini
Municipal unitKaterini
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Rural
320
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
601 50
Area code(s)23510
Vehicle registrationΚΝ

Olympiaki Akti (Greek: Ολυμπιακή Ακτή, Olympiakí Aktí, canonical name) has translation into English as Olympic Beach, Olympic Coast, also still domestically known with its initial name Katerinoskala (Greek: Κατερινόσκαλα) which can be literally expressed as "Katerini's staircase" gets its name from the Greek tradition that it refers to a seaside village closer to a city has a compound name (portmanteau) featuring the city name and the word skala or scala (staircase) which together form one name.

Olympiaki Akti is a tourist destination and seaside resort suburb (settlement) in the Gulf of Thermaic of the Katerini municipality in the east Pieria province, Greece. It is part of the Olympian Riviera and its namesake beach awarded E.U. Blue Flag with entire sand coastline. It is located 7.5km from Katerini city, 3km south of Paralia, 70km from the city of Thessaloniki, 107km from Thessaloniki International Airport "Makedonia" (IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), 434km from Athens, northeast of Pierian Mountains and Mount Olympus. The Olympiaki Akti belongs to Olympus Riviera which is both the Mount Olympus and Pieria region coastal area located about 70klm stretching from the southern region of Pieria, Neoi Poroi to Makrygialos settlement on the north. Olympiaki Akti had a population in 2011 of 320 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.[1][2] The settlement Olympiaki Akti has been part of the municipality of Katerini since 1981.[3]

A local urban settle bus serving Katerini city from/to Olympiaki Akti. National bus service is from the Katerini long-distance coach bus station of KTEL. Olympiaki Akti is accessible from the main national highway Thessaloniki–Athens GR-1/E75 (with the Katerini's South and North interchanges) and the Egnatia Odos to the north. The Olympiaki Akti is 7.1km from Katerini Railway Station OSE (ΟΣΕ) which is a stop railway station for routes of local trains, Proastiakos train (suburban route Thessaloniki to/from Larissa), main railway route Athens to/from Thessaloniki by regular train and InterCity train. Additionally, you can travel with a special service route to Athens from Thessaloniki New Railway Station by express electric train named Silver Arrow launched on May 20, 2019 (initially conducted by three trains) having daily the Athens to/from Thessaloniki route lasts four hours including two stops railway station at Lianokladi village of Phthiotis and Larissa city.

The Beach of Olympiaki Akti

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ^ "Απογραφή πληθυσμού Ελλάδος 2011" [Population census 2011 of Greece] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Ολυμπιακή Ακτή (Πιερίας), local government changes". EETAA. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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